Man found dead at homeless camp in Lakewood

Police say well-liked man apparently died of natural causes

9:34 PM,
Dec. 27, 2012

Written by

Margaret F. Bonafide
| @mfbonafide

There will be a memorial service at the Cedar Bridge Avenue homeless encampment Sunday for a man who died there in his sleep Thursday morning.

Friends at the encampment that has become known at Tent City knew the deceased homeless man as Petey. He came to the United States from Mexico, married, and became a citizen. Petey had become ill over the past year and was out of work, according to Steven Brigham, minister of the Lakewood Outreach Church that oversees operations at the encampment.